Belt clasp



Feb. 16, 1943. ANDERsON 2,311,429

I BELT CLASP Filed Oct. 18, 1941 INVENTOR Patented Feb. 16, 1943 BELTCLASP Carl E. Anderson, East Orange, N. J., assignor to Eastern T'ool&.Mfg. 00., Bloomfield, N. J.

Application October 18, 1941, Serial No. 415,520

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a clasp for belts and the like and is designedto provide a clasp that can be quickly and easily fastened in closedposition and easily opened. The clasp is held the ends of the wire.

The clasp is assembled by placing the second member 23 transverselyinside the frame of the first member as shown in dotted outline inFigure 2. The second member is passed over the loop 26 and then swung tosubstantial alignment with the first member as shown in full lines.

When the second member is swung the opposed faces of the outwardlyturned ends 21 exercise a against accidental opening under lessenedtencam action on the seats 22 at the end of the sion by the necessity ofswinging one of the memopen loop. This slightly spreads the parts 21bers a considerable distance out of alignment and slightly compressesthe sides of the loop 20 with the other. The members of the clasp areand the hooks 28 snap into place in the seats 22. assembled by firstmoving them into engagement The bar 29 limits the swinging movement ofthe at an angle to each other and then swinging one member 23. Themembers are now securely or both members until they are substantially inclamped together and when they are to be sepaalignment. rated the member23 is swung with pressure The invention is illustrated in theaccompanyenough to cause the cams or parts 2'! to ride ing drawing inwhich Figure 1 is a face view of over the seats 22 and then the member23 is a clasp embodying the present invention. Figpassed over the loopand then out of the frame ure 2 is a section on line 22 and alsoshowing, of the first member. in dotted lines, the position of onemember to I claim: the other when the members are assembled or 1. Aclasp for belts and the like comprising a separated. member formed ofwire and including a part for The members are preferably made of wire 20attachment to a belt and having pr j (3011- which is of advantagebecause there is the deverging strands which are continued in an insireddegree of resiliency for smooth connection wardly extending open loopwith a restricted of the parts. outer end, and a second member formedinto a One member is constructed to provide a space 10010 of a S e t p sv t Open loop and for securing it to a strap or belt. The form havingone end bent back into two hooks conshown comprises a wire bent to forma frame nected at their ends by a cross strand, the hooks consisting oftop and bottom strands l0 and II being inwardly curved on their opposedfaces and end strands l2 and I3 and an off-set portion whereby the outerend of the open loop is pressed formed by the ends I 4 of the wire. Aclip l5 inwardly by the hooks when the members are holds the endstogether. The strands l0 and l l swung into alignment and the hooksserve to are continued in inclined convergent strands l6 yieldinglyresist movement of the second memand I1, end strands I8 and I9 and theninto an ber toward opening the clasp. open loop 20 which is bulged andhas the reduced 2. A clasp comprising a member having on one open end2|. This construction forms seals 22 end a part for receiving the end ofa belt and on for the hooks of the second member. the other end formedinto a resilient converging The second member is in the form of a loop23, wire portion continuing in a bulged inwardly expreferably a closedloop for stiffness. The loop, tending open loop, and a second membercomat its widest part, is of a size to pass readily over prising a loopof a size to pass over the open the open loop 29. The top and bottomstrands loop of the first member when the members are 24 define thewidest part and converge as at 25 substantially at right angles to eachother, the and 26 and then curve outwardly as at 2! andv loop of thesecond member having inwardly inthen inwardly and bent to form hooks 28.The clined strands which are curved outwardly at the hooks 28 areconnected by a cross strand or bar ends, their opposed faces beingspaced apart at 29. The second member is secured to a strap or adistance slightly smaller than the narrow part belt fastened around theend bar 30 formed from of the open loop, the curved part extending intohooks which extend inwardly and are adapted to hook over the narrow partof the open loop, and a cross bar connecting the hook and acting as astop to limit the movement of the second member.

CARL E. ANDERSON.

